Kent Conrad: “Are we preparing ourselves for the future or are we only going to talk about that?”

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

What is realistic is to deal with these changes in a way that does expand access, that does expand the opportunity for people to participate in a retirement plan at work.

I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.

If we are going to make this whole system solvent, it is going to take everybody to give a little bit.